KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 -- A controversial TikTok Live broadcast, purportedly by a senior Health Ministry officer, has drawn backlash from private doctors, who accuse the ministry of bypassing legal channels to impose new billing requirements on clinics.

The Federation of Private Medical Practitioners' Associations Malaysia (FPMPAM) said the guidance given by Mohemmad Redzuan Mohd Rizal, a senior officer from the Pharmaceutical Services Programme (PSP), over a TikTok Live session, was inappropriate and lacked legal basis.

"This announcement, made over social media without any formal directive, circular, or legal amendment, is a gross overreach," FPMPAM president Dr Shanmuganathan Ganeson said in a statement today.

The group stressed that ...